8th Grade Science
Thursday Oct 18
Objectives: Learn about Newton's 3 Laws of Motion. Understand how the laws apply to things that happen and how the laws apply to things we build. Students will be able to explain the 3 laws and conduct experiments to show how the 3 laws act or react to things.
Assignments:
- Organize binders
- Decorate a posicle stick with your name on it & turn it in
- Get your paper rocket from me
- Turn in your rocket to me and get your packet for the catapult
- Put your name on your bag
- Count supplies to verify you have enough of everything
- If you are short an item you need to tell me today before the end of class because tomorrow I will not hand out any supplies.
- Put your catapult together
- Only requirement is you need to make it as tall as possible and it will still launch something
- NOTE: I don't have anything for you to launch today so please do not make any small balls out of paper!!
Homework:
Bring in 2 - 2 liter bottles or you won't be able to launch your paper rockets tomorrow!!
Wednesday Oct 17
Objectives: Learn about Newton's 3 Laws of Motion. Understand how the laws apply to things that happen and how the laws apply to things we build. Students will be able to explain the 3 laws and conduct experiments to show how the 3 laws act or react to things.
Assignments:
- Finish creating your Paper Rockets
- Turn in your 2 liter bottles
- Design a Catapult on paper in your Science Notebook using the following supplies
- 15 Popsicle sticks
- 1 large popsicle stick
- 10 rubber bands
- 1 plastic spoon
- 1 piece of a straw
- Science Notebook
- Make sure there is a sticky note with labels on the following items:
- Paper Rocket
- Bottle Rocket
- 1st Catapult
- 2nd Catapult
- Turn in your Science notebook by the Blue Box
- Due Today!!
- Make sure there is a sticky note with labels on the following items:
Objectives: Learn about Newton's 3 Laws of Motion. Understand how the laws apply to things that happen and how the laws apply to things we build. Students will be able to explain the 3 laws and conduct experiments to show how the 3 laws act or react to things.
Assignments:
- 10 minutes - copy lab rules
- Everyone needs to sit at a desk - not the table!
- No one is to get out of their seats without special permission from the teacher
- when research time is up teacher will call on students to come up to get their supplies
- IF you miss coming up when called upon to get your supplies your name goes to the back of the list
- 20 minutes - Research how to create a Popsicle Stick Catapult
- Get out your notebook
- Make a list of the items you need
- Draw what your catapult might look like
- Your Catapult must be tall not flat!
- 10 minutes - Create your paper rocket
- I will call you up one at a time to get your supplies
- Once you have your suupplies you can start immediatley
- 10 minutes - Start to put your Popsicle Stick Catapult together
Homework:
Bring in 2 of the 2 liter bottles
- One you will use as the "engine" for the Stomp Rocket Launcher
- the other one you will use to create a Plastic Bottle Rocket
Due Tomorrow
Objectives: Learn about Newton's 3 Laws of Motion. Understand how the laws apply to things that happen and how the laws apply to things we build. Students will be able to explain the 3 laws and conduct experiments to show how the 3 laws act or react to things.
Assignments:
- Paper Rocket Experiment
- 15 minutes of class:
- log onto the computer
- Research how to make a paper rocket
- In your science notebook design your paper rocket
- Be sure to label what the design is for!!
- Get a small sticky note to mark where this design and Materials
- Make a list of the materials you need to make your paper rocket
- I am going to allow you to use 1 piece of plain paper for your rocket, this includes the top, the rocket body, and the fins.
- 15 minutes of class:
- Plastic Bottle Rocket
- 10 minutes
- research how to make a 2 liter bottle rocket
- In your science notebook design your 2 liter bottle rocket
- Be sure to label what the design is for!!
- Get a small sticky note to mark where this design and Materials
- Make a list of the materials you need to make your 2 liter bottle rocket
- 10 minutes
- Newton's Laws of Motion Experiments
- 20 minutes
- Find experiments we could do in class for:
- Newton's 1st law of Motion
- Newton's 2nd law of Motion
- Newton's 3rd law of Motion
- Create a Googl doc saved as:
- Your 1st Name last Initial Newton's Experiments
- Put a label for which law the experiment is for
- copy the URL (web address) under the label
- Upload to Google Classroom
- Find experiments we could do in class for:
- 20 minutes
- Create your paper rocket
- 10 minutes to complete your rocket
Homework:
Bring in 2 of the 2 liter bottles
- One you will use as the "engine" for the Stomp Rocket Launcher
- the other one you will use to create a Plastic Bottle Rocket
Due Wednesday